Attendance at all classes (tutorial/seminars/practical classes/lectures/labs) is obligatory. Failure to attend 80% of classes will normally result in failure in the subject.

Coordinator

Mrs Margaret Brown

Contact

Education Student Centre

Subject Overview:

This subject addresses contemporary theories and research into the processes of learning, speech, language and social development; research into the effects of cognitive, sensory, physical and social-emotional impairment on learning, language and social skills; the use of observation and informal techniques to assess language and social-pragmatics, planning for intervention in the authentic environment, assessment of the learning and social environment, classification and assessment of preverbal and verbal behaviours; parent-child, teacher-child interaction and techniques for assessment; the research and application of augmentative communication

Objectives:

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

Apply contemporary theories of language and social development;

Address the impact of disability on attention, social competence, language and social-pragmatics;

Apply effective data collecting techniques when observing the play, language and social competence of children and students with a disability;

Apply the use of multimodal or augmentative communication systems for children and students with a disability;

Apply the use of informal assessments to assist the programming of language and social skills programs;

Apply effective differentiated instruction and environmental modifications in the learning and social situations.